title: Heavy metal tolerance of Fe(III)-reducing microbial communities in contaminated creek bank soils.
abstract: Fe(III)-reducing soil enrichment cultures can tolerate 100 μM Cu and Cd, 150 μM Co, 600 μM Ni, and 2,500 μM Zn. Metal-tolerant cultures were dominated by Geobacter-related Deltaproteobacteria and Gram-positive Firmicutes spp. (Clostridia and Sedimentibacter). A Cd- and Cu-tolerant Fe(III)-reducing coculture of Desulfosporosinus and Desulfitobacterium indicated the importance of the Firmicutes for Fe(III) reduction in the presence of metals.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Ecology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Dornburger-Straße 159, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Eva-Maria
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Burkhardt
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bischoff
authors.forename: Denise M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Akob
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Büchel
authors.forename: Kirsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Küsel
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D044822:Biodiversity; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D058645:Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D005838:Genotype; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000633:toxicity*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005290:Ferric Compounds; D019216:Metals, Heavy